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Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: AKULA’s After the Bomb project 1980s imagination - pg23 - more progress
« Reply #345 on: August 21, 2022, 06:53:21 PM »
Great work as always mate!
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Offline carlos marighela

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Re: AKULA’s After the Bomb project 1980s imagination - pg23 - more progress
« Reply #346 on: August 21, 2022, 10:52:46 PM »
Luverly! :-* That’s a good dollop of inspiration for me but very jealous of the Rapier. Is it the Hart Smith/ ASAM version?

Now I’ll have to whip put my RAF Station commander for a happy snap or two.
Em dezembro de '81
Botou os ingleses na roda
3 a 0 no Liverpool
Ficou marcado na história
E no Rio não tem outro igual
Só o Flamengo é campeão mundial
E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

Offline AKULA

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Re: AKULA’s After the Bomb project 1980s imagination - pg23 - more progress
« Reply #347 on: August 22, 2022, 09:18:10 AM »
Luverly! :-* That’s a good dollop of inspiration for me but very jealous of the Rapier. Is it the Hart Smith/ ASAM version?

Now I’ll have to whip put my RAF Station commander for a happy snap or two.

I’m not sure that it was either Hart/ASAM to be honest - it came in a box with “Collectors Model” printed on the outside, but the website/email etc are all defunct.

Look forward to seeing more of your own project as it motivates me with mine  :D

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Excellent. Especially like the Rapier.  ;)

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Really good stuff. Hope you're doing a Light Armour Flight as well as those Rapier wan£@rs  lol

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Fantastic - more helicopters - love all the new additions - but especially did I mention the helicopters.  lol

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nice additions
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Great stuff!  Your project is coming along nicely!
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Re: AKULA’s After the Bomb project 1980s imagination - pg23 - more progress
« Reply #353 on: August 23, 2022, 10:37:22 PM »
Thanks everyone  :)

Especially liking the RAF types.

Have you considered a green Ford Granada for the Station Commander?

A Mk2…presumably repainted in some lovely army issue green paint?

Had considered an Opel Senator for a BRIXMIS but a Granada sounds fun  :)

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You know I don’t remember for sure as it was a long time ago, but I believe it was a mk2 and it was what I would call an RAF green colour (similar to the trucks etc). No idea if it was matt or gloss. I only seeing it only the once, when we were rehearsing for a Whitehall parade and a few guys fainted smashing their faces into the ground. The base commander was watching the rehearsal and called his car round to ferry the casualties off to the medics. This was UK.
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Oi! Cheeky beggar! A BRIXMIS Senator is on my patch!  lol I’m sure there would no shortage of airmen with hotted up Capris and Escorts in the station car park anyway if you want a get away vehicle.

Probably been asked and answered before but what are you using for snow? I’ve  got some of the MiG snow but I’m not sure I am any happier with it than baking soda. Might just be a poor tradesman blaming his tools in my case.

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You know I don’t remember for sure as it was a long time ago, but I believe it was a mk2 and it was what I would call an RAF green colour (similar to the trucks etc). No idea if it was matt or gloss. I only seeing it only the once, when we were rehearsing for a Whitehall parade and a few guys fainted smashing their faces into the ground. The base commander was watching the rehearsal and called his car round to ferry the casualties off to the medics. This was UK.

Thanks Steve, useful to know, especially that it was UK based  :)


Oi! Cheeky beggar! A BRIXMIS Senator is on my patch!  lol I’m sure there would no shortage of airmen with hotted up Capris and Escorts in the station car park anyway if you want a get away vehicle.

Probably been asked and answered before but what are you using for snow? I’ve  got some of the MiG snow but I’m not sure I am any happier with it than baking soda. Might just be a poor tradesman blaming his tools in my case.

It’s ok, I’ll steer clear of the BRIXMIS senator, as my project is still UK based, although I have been listening to 99 Luftballons recently  :D

Re:snow …I dry brush the base first, then mix a paste of woodland scenic snow with resin water and then sprinkle some dry snow on top so it’s partially melted.

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Oh missed the notification, great looking set of RAF ground forces.
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Cheers! Might try that. I’m looking for slushy Canadian snow for another project.

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Dann singe ich ein lied für dich……


I must say she has aged remarkably well but probably best not to dwell on teen heart throbs.

Now I need to find an Opel Senator. Have an Ascona already as part of the great German car park.

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Now I need to find an Opel Senator. Have an Ascona already as part of the great German car park.

In 1/43 they start at a tenner on fleabay…unlike Mk2 Granadas which seem to have suddenly jumped in price

  >:(

 

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